Restoring History & Honoring Humanity
12 events found.
Installation Ceremony in New Haven
Pardee Morris House 325 Lighthouse Road, New Haven, CT
Free
Conversation Club at the Stanley-Whitman House
Stanley-Whitman House 37 High Street, Farmington, CTJoin the Stanley-Whitman House as they welcome guest Witness Stones Project Director of Operations Liz Lightfoot for a workshop that will take participants through an intro to the history of slavery in Connecticut and then a discussion of the five themes developed by Dennis Culliton, Founder of Witness Stones Project. Then, explore/interpret documents related to […]
Free
Lecture & Installation Ceremony in Guilford, Connecticut
Guilford Free Library 67 Park Street, Guilford, CTExecutive Director and Co-Founder of the Witness Stones Project, Dennis Culliton, will present an overview of projects executed across the northeast. He will also offer personal insights into the making of the documentary Unforgotten:Connecticut’s Hidden History of Slavery which recently aired on CPTV. Also presenting will be Pat Wilson Pheanious, former Connecticut state representative and […]
Free
Installation Ceremony in Scarsdale, New York
Wayside Cottage 1039 Post Road, Scarsdale, NY
Free
New Paltz Juneteenth Jubilee and Witness Stones Marker Unveiling
Historic Huguenot Street 5 Broadhead Avenue, New Paltz, NY
Free
Juneteenth in Old Lyme, Connecticut
Florence Griswold Museum 96 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT
Free
Conversation Club at the Stanley-Whitman House
Rediscovering Hidden Narratives: Embracing Inclusive Storytelling with Pat Wilson Pheanious Join us for an enlightening evening at Stanley-Whitman House on Thursday, June 13, 2024, at 7:00 p.m., as we welcome special guest Pat Wilson Pheanious. Together, we'll embark on a journey of exploration into forgotten narratives and celebrate the importance of inclusive storytelling. Just as […]
2024 Land Acknowledgement
Kingston Congregational Church 2610 Kingston Road, South Kingston, RIAs an extension of our work last year on the Witness Stones project, owning our church's history with slavery in colonial days, a task force has been working on creating a "land acknowledgement statement" to expand our understanding of how the church came to own our property, which was once the ancestral homeland of the […]
Art of the Witness Stones Project
Princeton Public Library 65 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJEighth grade students from Timberlane Middle School worked with the Witness Stones Project and the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum to memorialize three enslaved people from Central New Jersey: Friday Truehart, Frost Blackwell and a woman named Nance. This exhibition of student artwork reflects on these individuals’ lives, history and humanity. Sponsored by the Stoutsburg […]
Anthony & Susanna Witness Stone Ceremony hosted by Dr. Margaret Wade-Lewis Center and Historic Huguenot Street
Historic Huguenot Street 5 Broadhead Avenue, New Paltz, NYThe Dr. Margaret Wade-Lewis Center and Historic Huguenot Street will honor and remember the lives of Anthony and Susanna, enslaved in Ulster County during the seventeenth century. Anthony and Susanna were purchased by Louis DuBois, a French Protestant founder of New Paltz, in 1673. Their purchase is the earliest record of enslavement associated with a […]
Engaging with the Legacies of Northern Slavery
Historic Deerfield 128 Old Main Street, Deerfield, MAA one-day conference to explore the historical and ongoing legacies of slavery in Northern communities, focusing on the completion of the Witness Stones memorials in Deerfield and featuring presentations on research, interpretation, and activism related to this history. This is a hybrid program that will take place both in person and virtually via Zoom; registrants […]
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